“ The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. ”
- Nathaniel Howe- Copy
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“ Let Southern oppressors tremble — let their secret abettors tremble — let their Northern apologists tremble — let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. ”
- William Lloyd Garrison- Copy
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“ Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. ”
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire- Copy
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“ Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. ”
- Jimmy Cannon- Copy
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“ That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. ”
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire- Copy
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“ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished. ”
- Thomas B. Macaulay- Copy
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“ Government is like Junior High. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute. ”
- Jonathan Kellerman- Copy
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“ The men who had hated and had not particularly loved Helvtius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now. ”
- S. G. Tallentyre- Copy
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“ Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were hypocritical, Gore is shallow and weak, Bradley is an idealist, Bush Jr. a fool, and all of the independent candidates act like they're on drugs. ”
- David Borenstein- Copy
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“ American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. ”
- William Jefferson Clinton- Copy
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“ Alas, how strong a family likeness runs through blind and persecuting humanity in all Dimensions! Points, Lines, Squares, Cubes, Extra-Cubes - we are all liable to the same errors, all alike the Slavers of our respective Dimensional prejudices. ”
- Edwin Abbott Abbott- Copy
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